33 U.S.C. § 1257a

September 30, 1982September 30, 1983September 30, 1984The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is authorized to make grants to States to undertake a demonstration program for the cleanup of State-owned abandoned mines which can be used as hazardous waste disposal sites. The State shall pay 10 per centum of project costs. At a minimum, the Administrator shall undertake projects under such program in the States of Ohio, Illinois, and West Virginia. There are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 per fiscal year for each of the fiscal years ending , , and , to carry out this section. Such projects shall be undertaken in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.